Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.
From Heather Brooke
Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.
We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly in criminal courts.
Our printing press is the Internet. Our coffee houses are social networks.
In the soil of ignorance, fear can easily be sown.
The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.
Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving.
The royal family are protected from public accountability by law.
It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.
Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak.
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